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Homewaste categorieswaste categories by waste code numbersWCN 17 - Construction and demolition wastes (including excavated soil from contaminated sites)WCN 17 04 - metals (including their alloys)WCN 17 04 10 * - cables containing oil, coal tar and other hazardous substances

waste categories by waste code number of the European List of Waste

WCN 20 - Municipal wastes (household waste and similar commercial, industrial and institutional wastes) including separately collected fractions

Municipal wastes (household waste and similar commercial, industrial and institutional wastes) including separately collected fractions

WCN 20 01 - separately collected fractions (except 15 01)

WCN 20 01 01 - paper and cardboard

WCN 20 01 02 - Glass

WCN 20 01 08 - biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste

WCN 20 01 10 - Clothes

WCN 20 01 11 - Textiles

WCN 20 01 13 * - Solvents

WCN 20 01 14 * - Acids

WCN 20 01 15 * - Alkalines

WCN 20 01 17 * - Photochemicals

WCN 20 01 19 * - Pesticides

WCN 20 01 21 * - fluorescent tubes and other mercury-containing waste

WCN 20 01 23 * - discarded equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons

WCN 20 01 25 - edible oil and fat

WCN 20 01 26 * - oil and fat other than those mentioned in 20 01 25

WCN 20 01 27 * - paint, inks, adhesives and resins containing hazardous substances

WCN 20 01 28 - paint, inks, adhesives and resins other than those mentioned in 20 01 27

WCN 20 01 29 * - detergents containing hazardous substances

WCN 20 01 30 - detergents other than those mentioned in 20 01 29

WCN 20 01 31 * - cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines

WCN 20 01 32 - medicines other than those mentioned in 20 01 31

WCN 20 01 33 * - batteries and accumulators included in 16 06 01, 16 06 02 or 16 06 03 and unsorted batteries and accumulators containing these batteries

WCN 20 01 34 - batteries and accumulators other than those mentioned in 20 01 33

WCN 20 01 35 * - discarded electrical and electronic equipment other than those mentioned in 20 01 21 and 20 01 23 containing hazardous components ( 1)

WCN 20 01 36 - discarded electrical and electronic equipment other than those mentioned in 20 01 21, 20 01 23 and 20 01 35

WCN 20 01 37 * - wood containing hazardous substances

WCN 20 01 38 - wood other than that mentioned in 20 01 37

WCN 20 01 39 - Plastics

WCN 20 01 40 - Metals

WCN 20 01 41 - wastes from chimney sweeping

WCN 20 01 99 - other fractions not otherwise specified

WCN 20 02 - garden and park wastes (including cemetery waste)

WCN 20 03 - other municipal wastes

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